Recovery Worker

Change Grow Live; Luton; In loco; GBP 29.000 - 33.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

25 days leave

Wellness hour

Pension scheme

Discounts

Friendly team

Training & progression

Refer-a-Friend

Descrizione del lavoro

Change Grow Live in Luton is hiring a Recovery Worker to assess and engage service users, ensuring access to the right interventions at the right time. You’ll work within a multi-disciplinary team based in Newham, supporting those with substance misuse issues and promoting recovery, resilience and social reintegration.

You will need excellent communication, strong IT skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities.

Competenze

• Strong understanding of substance misuse issues.
• Experience of group/pod work and managing group dynamics.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; good IT skills.

Mansioni

• Support service users from entry through treatment/recovery journey.
• Screening, assessment, recovery planning and onward referral.
• Reduce drug and alcohol harm in the community.
• Promote involvement of carers, service users, and community.
• Advocate for access to partnership services.
• Support social reintegration and peer support initiatives.
• Prepare and deliver group materials for sessions/groups/pods.
• Deliver structured content to users at various recovery stages.
• Debrief with co-facilitators and monitor progress.

Conoscenze

Substance misuse

Group work

Communication

IT skills

Time management

Mental health support

Interagency collaboration

Change management

Information governance

Learning & development

Initiative

Strumenti

Microsoft Office

Descrizione del lavoro

Overview

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Recovery Worker who has the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs.

With this role you’ll be working as part of multi-disciplinary team, based in Newham.The team supports people with their or their loved ones’ substance misuseissues.

No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key. You’ll have to record information about what you do, so enjoying a bit of paperwork and attention to detail is important. But most of the time you’ll be enjoying working with people from all backgrounds, making a difference to their lives.

Where: Luton

Hours: 37.5 per week

Contract Type: Fixed Term for 9 months

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Responsibilities

About the role:

• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey

• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral

• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community

• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement

• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services

• Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination

• Research, design and prepare subject matter and materials for groups / pods.

• Deliver structured content within group settings to service users at various stages of recovery

• Engage with debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitators after groups/pods have taken place, reviewing progress and identifying concerns with service users

• Tailor specific workshops around the needs of the service users, such as: anger management, sleep disorders, relationships, etc

About you:

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field

• Experience of working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics, such as conflict or challenging behaviour.

• Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills

• Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills

• Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice

• Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders

• Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users

• Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards

• Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others

What we will give to you:

• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. Additionally, you'll receive one extra day of annual leave for each year of service during your first five years, therefore you will enjoy 30 days of leave after five years with us.

• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme

• Contributory pension scheme

• Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.

• A friendly and supportive team

• Training, career development & progression opportunities

• Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme

A note about using AI in your application

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Interview Date

6/11/2026

Closing Date

12/11/2026

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Louise Page | [e-mail] | 07884413004This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.